Just two people are responsible for making the calculated racket that is The Band for Disease Control and Prevention. Marcia Mackman and Antony Bircham are The Band for Disease Control and Prevention. Antony Bircham ex-member of the influential, alt-industrial, sonic terrorist outfit Drill, and Marcia Mackman one time dancer and occasional play write have formed a partnership that challenges the listener both musically and lyrically. Antony: “I stole her from my best friend’s band – it was a necessary sacrifice. She was singing all these old punk covers, but I realised that presented with the correct musical material, important lyrical ideas would flow.”

Marica: “He said, ‘You can do better than this’ I reached inside myself and explored the darkest corners.” This is a project formed out of the frustration of hearing far too many bands that reach for the clichéd chorus, key change, middle 8 or guitar solo when they have quite clearly run out of ideas. The Band for Disease Control and Prevention have created a sound and, ignored the ubiquitous verse/chorus/verse formula and instead choose a free-flowing, antagonistic narrative tethered by drone and feedback driven; distorted, criss-crossing guitars. These two are personally responsible for everything you hear by The Band for Disease Control and Prevention. Every detail is vital and thought through intensely. Every sound, note, word, sample and noise matters for The Band for Disease Control and Prevention. Tied together, the music drives the challenging lyrical content and the challenging lyrical content inspires the music. Antony: “I had an aural vision in my head of the sounds I wanted to make. I’ve heard so many people tell me who I should and shouldn’t be listening to, when In fact all I needed was to concentrate on the noise inside my head, figure out how to make it and get it down on tape.” Marcia: “Writing crap is easy, anybody can do that, pick a subject that’s difficult, and write about that, draw on your personal experiences no matter how painful, throw away everything that you can improve on, what is left no matter the pain is the best.” Antony: “We are influenced by everything, the good and the bad. The good we dissect and figure out why it is good, the bad we vow never to sound like. ” Marcia: “The obvious way to go if you want to be different is to just be so left field that no-one is interested, and lyrically be deliberately controversial which is a cliché so boring that it makes you want to scream.” Searching for the vital combination of talent and ideas, potential members were thrown to the wayside and musically ideas were dropped without sentimentality. Even the cover of their eponymous debut album, released on the bands own label, is provocative and thought provoking hinting at many underlying problematic and occasional taboo issues. The band are available for interviews and can be contacted via the email addresses and facebook and twitter links below. Email address: tbfdcap@bigbadriff.co.uk

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The Band for Disease Control and Prevention Press Release March 2014 The Band for Disease Control and Prevention release their eponymous debut album on the independent record label Big Bad Riff in March 2014. Marcia Mackman and Antony Bircham are The Band for Disease Control and Prevention. They are solely responsible for the writing and performance of this glorious, calculated racket. They have ignored the ubiquitous verse/chorus/verse formula instead choosing a free-flowing, antagonistic narrative tethered by, drone and feedback driven; distorted, criss-crossing guitars. Provocative from the start, the first track jolts like a thunderbolt emerging on a soft sunny day and continues on a sustained assault throughout the album. Track two does not shy away from the uncomfortable world of domestic violence, "don't call me a fucking liar" providing the depressing context. The listener is further challenged by uncomfortable but relevant issues like mental health, blind devotion, despair, self pity, personal conflict and religious hypocrisy. There is no filler here, musically or lyrically. This has been sculpted into the10 track statement the band needed to make. Tracks from the album have already received radio play on BBC Introducing, and they will be taking the record on tour later this year. Track Listing:

Form

Pert Plastic

Self Pity Me

Undergrowth

Jangle

April of the Fool

Glasses

Man of God

Words on a Receipt

Strawberry Day

The Band have recently been played on BBC 6 Music Recommends.

Review on North East Music monthly: NEMM (http://nemmonline.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-band-for-disease-control-and.html)